The U.S. Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals ruled Thursday that ballots cast at polling placesother than a voter's assigned location will not be counted.

In a 2-to-1 vote, the court said that this method of voting at the "wrong church" would interfere with keeping the election process in order and would cause confusion for both voters and poll workers.

The court had already ruled that voters are responsible for locating their assigned polling place.

"It's not just a situation where a person is, you know, just randomly showing up off of the street and saying, 'I want to vote in this polling location'," said Kate Harshman to Gongwer News Service. Harshman is an attorney for plaintiffs Service Employees International Union. "We have polling locations that change often, we have polling locations that are merged into multi-precinct polling locations, and some that are moved. This is a confusing situation for a lot of people."

It is not clear if the Service Employees International Union, which filed the lawsuit, will appeal the federal courts' decision.

Defendant Secretary of State Jon Husted was pleased with the decision.

"I welcome the fact that this is the third consecutive court case ruling in our favor. With the conclusion of this case, I am pleased that there are no more pending lawsuits that will affect the election," Husted said, in a press release. "The rules are clear and we can now focus on running a fair election."